Linux - KernelThis forum is for all discussion relating to the Linux kernel.

Notices

Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.

You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!

Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.

Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.

Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

Have you gotten anywhere with this? I find myself in a very similar situation and thus far your post is the closest I've found via google.

If you or anyone has tips on recovering from an accidental --create I would be most appreciative!

--minuo

Actually - i got every single bit of data out from there, and the rebuild went nicely trough with all the data intact.

Lesson learned:
Do not, DO NOT, use any kind of craplivecd's to do any kind of examinations, they usually lack something really relevant like mdadm, smbfs or maybe even cfdisk. Most of the problems i had were because of that crapbuntu liveCD that didnt have all the stuff i needed. Mounting problems were gone that instant i booted with new-enough kernel with all the tools i needed.

In my case, accidental --create didnt create or destroy anything, it just "rebuilt" something. I did fresh install to new /dev/hda - installed everything needed, and rebooted. Then mounted /dev/md0 and voilá - data was there.

Now i have "ghost" /dev/md2 with /dev/hdh (NOT /dev/hdh1) which delays my boot times, but that's a minor nuisance
/dev/md0 and /dev/md1 are working nice & smooth atm.